G/AG/N/USA/135  
 
24 July 2020 
(20-5107) Page: 1/36 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 22 July  2018, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of 
the United States  of America . The notification concerns domestic support commitments 
(Table  DS:1 and the relevant supporting tables) for the marketing year  2017 . 
 
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
REPORTING PERIOD: MARKETING YEAR FROM 01 -09-2017 TO 31 -08-2018  
Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support  
Total AMS commitment level  Currency  Current Total AMS  
(from Section I of Part IV of the Schedule)  (from Section I of Part IV of the Schedul e)  (from attached Supporting Tables)  
1  2  3  
19,103.294  USD/million  4,248.74  
  
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- 3 - Supporting Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
REPORTING PERIOD: MARKETING YEAR FROM 01 -09-2017 TO 31 -08-2018  
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment - "Green Box"  
Measure Type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in 
Annex 2  Monetary value  
 
USD,  million  Data Sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
2.General Services      
2 (a). Research  Agricultural Research Service (ARS): Agricultural Research - Research and 
advisory function. Acquires, maintains, and disseminates information. 
Includes National Agricultural Library functions. Conducts research on a 
wide variety of topics, including soil and water conservation, plant and 
animal sciences, human nutrition, and integrated agricultural systems.  1,148    
Agricultural Research Service (ARS): Buildings & Facilities - Acquisition of 
land, construction, repair, improvement, extension, alteration, and 
purchase of fixed equipment or facilities as necessary to carry out the 
agricultural research programs of the Department of Agriculture.  6   
Agricultural Research Service (ARS): Misc. Contributed Funds - 
Miscellaneous contributed funds received from States, local organizations, 
individuals, and others available for work under cooperative agreements on 
research activities.  25   
National Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA): Research and Education 
Activities - Formerly Cooperative State Research, Extension, and Education 
Service (CSREES). Renamed National Institute for Food and Agriculture 
(NIFA) beginning FY2009 by 2008 Farm Act (PL110 -246). Provides grants 
to state agricultu ral research establishments. Participates in cooperative 
planning with state research institutions.  727   
National Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA): Integrated Activities - 
Funds integrated research, education, and extension grants programs.  102   
National Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA): Extension Activities - 
Advisory function. Participates with state cooperative extension system on 
applied education, information, and technology transfer.  456   
National Institute for Food and A griculture (NIFA): Biomass Research and 
Development - Funds research and development projects leading to the 
production of bio -based industrial products. Jointly managed by USDA and 
the Department of Energy. Authorized by the Biomass Research and 
Developme nt Act of 2000 (Title III, PL 106 -224); reauthorized under the 
2014 Farm Act (PL 113 -79). (Previously administered by Rural 
Cooperative -Business Service.)  11    
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USD,  million  Data Sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
National Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA): Buildings and Facilities: 
Jointly managed by USDA and the Department of Energy. Authorized by 
the Biomass Research and Development Act of 2000 (Title III, 
PL 106-224); reauthorized under the 2014 Farm Act (PL 113 -79). 
(Previously administered by Rural Cooperative -Business Service.)  2   
Rural Business and Cooperative Development Services (RBCD): Rural 
Cooperative Development Grants - Provides grants to nonprofit 
corporations and institutions of higher learning to fund centers for 
development of new coo peratives and improve operations of existing 
cooperatives (PL 104 -127); also provides grants for value -added marketing 
for cooperatives; reauthorized by the the 2014 Farm Act (PL 113 -79). 41   
Office of the Chief Economist: World Agricultural Outlook Board (WAOB) - 
Research and advisory function. Provides economic information about 
current outlook and situation for commodity supply and price.  5   
Economic Research Service (ERS): Economic Research Service - Research 
and advisory function. Perf orms economic research and analysis for the 
public, congress, and the Executive Branch.  82   
National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) National Agricultural 
Statistics Service - Research and advisory function. Provides official 
estimates of resource utilization, production, and prices of agricultural 
products.  183   
 Subtotal:  2,788    
2 (b). Pest and disease control  Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS): Salaries & Expenses  - 
Inspection/pest and disease control function.  1,230   (1) 
Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS): Buildings & Facilities – 
Protects animal and plant resources from destructive pests and diseases.  4   
Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS): Miscellaneous Trust 
Funds  10   
Subtotal:  1,244    
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USD,  million  Data Sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
2 (d). Extension and advisory services  Farm Service Agency (FSA) Conservation Reserve Program Technical 
Assistance – Extension, advisory, and training service functions. 
USDA  agencies provide various technical services to help producers 
participate in Conservation Reserve Program (CRP).  12    
Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS): Conservation Operations – 
Extension, advisory, and training service functions.In providing technical 
assistance, USDA agencies explain and determine eligibility for 
conservation programs, help develop individual conservation plans, help 
install approved practices, provide informat ion and educational assistance, 
and consult with universities and other government agencies. NRCS also 
conducts soil surveys, assesses erosion factors, and conducts snow 
surveys.  753   
Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS): Trade Adjustment Assistance for 
Farmers (TAA for Farmers) – The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 
(ARRA) of 2009 reauthorized and modified the TAA for Farmers program. 
Producers of groups of commodities certified as suffering losses from 
import competition can apply to receive free information, technical 
assistance, and support to develop and implement Business Adjustment 
Plans. Reauthorized under the Trade Preferences Act of 2015 (PL 113 -79). 0   
Subtotal:  765   
2 (e). Inspection services  Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyard Administration (GIP&S): Salaries 
& Expenses – Marketing/inspection functions. Establishes standards. 
Provides for official inspection and implementation of the system of 
standards for marke ting and conducts surveillance and investigatory 
activities to protect producers and consumers from unfair trade practices.  43    
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyard Administration (GIP&S): 
Limitation on inspection and Weighing Services Expenses – 
Marketing/inspection functions. Establishes standards. Provides for official 
inspection and implementation of the system of standards for marketing 
and conducts surveillance and investigatory activities to protect producers 
and consumers from unfair trade practices.  0   
Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS): Salaries & Expenses – 
Safety/inspection function. Provides in -plant inspection  to assure quality of 
meat and poultry and the accuracy of labeling.  1,028   
Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS): Inspection and Grading of Farm 
Products – Safety/inspection function. Provides in -plant inspection to 
assure quality of meat and poultry and the accuracy of labeling.  26   
Subtotal:  1,097   
2 (f). Marketing and promotion services  Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS): Marketing Services – Marketing 
function. Develops marketing standards and provides news and inspection 
services.  96    
Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS): Payments to States & Possessions – 
Grants to states for projects, such as improving marketing information, and 
developing grading standards.  64   
Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS): Perishable Agricultural Commodit y 
Act Fund – Uses license fees to take legal actions against unfair buyer 
trade practices.  10    
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USD,  million  Data Sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS): Expenses and Refunds, Inspection 
and Grading of Farm Products (formerly called Miscellaneous Trust Funds) 
– Grading and certification services are provided on a fee -for-service basis.  171   
Subtotal:  341   
2 (g). Infrastructural services  Risk Management Agency (RMA): Salaries and expenses (formerly called 
Agency administrative and operating expenses) – Funds for management 
of the Federal Crop Insurance Program.  87    
Risk Management Agency (RMA): Administrative & operating 
reimbursements to insurers – Reimbursements for certain administrative 
and operating expenses of insurance companies delivering Federal crop 
insurance.  1,489   
Risk Management Agency (RMA): Underwr iting gains to insurers – 
Underwriting gains provided to insurance companies under the Standard 
Reinsurance Agreement.  2,594   
Subtotal:  4,170   
2 (h). Other general services  State programmes for agriculture: Regular annual outlays by states, net of 
fees and taxes – State governments provide a number of generally 
available services. Includes extension, marketing, and research.  2,953    
Subtotal:  2,953   
 Subtotal General Services  13,358   
4. Domestic food aid  Food & Consumer Services (FCS): Nutrition Programs Administration 
(formerly Food Program Administration) – For administration of food 
programs providing access to more nutritious diets for low income people 
and children.  152    
Food & Consumer Services (FCS): Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 
Program (SNAP) (formerly Food Stamp Program) – Low income people 
receive financial assistance to help purchase nutritious food.  70,147   
Food & Consumer Services (FCS): Child Nutrition Pro grammes – Cash and 
commodities to assist children to attain adequate diets. Includes special 
milk, school lunch and breakfast, homeless children, and other programs.  22,471   
Food & Consumer Services (FCS): Special Supplemental Nutrition program 
for Wome n, Infants, and Children (WIC) – Food supplements to improve 
health of low income mothers, infants, and young children.  5,699   
Food & Consumer Services (FCS): Commodity Assistance Program (CAP) – 
CAP include previously separate programs: Commodity Supplemental Food, 
Emergency Food, assistance to Indian Reservations and to Pacific Islands 
and Nutrition for the Elderly.  294   
Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Section 32 – Funds purchases of 
commodities distributed to low -income, children, and elderly people 
through the FNS food programs described above.  798   
Farm Service Agency (FSA): Dairy Product Donation Program (DPDP) – As 
authorized by the 2014 Farm Act, FSA will purchase dairy products for 
distribution to low -income populations through established public and 
private non -profit nutritional programs when t he dairy margin as measured 
by the Margin Protection Program (MPP) for dairy meets conditions 
specified in the Act. Purchases will be made at current market prices in 
types and quantities determined in consultation with the USDA Food and 0    
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USD,  million  Data Sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
Nutrition Service (FNS) and public and private non -profit organizations 
serving low -income populations.  
Subtotal:  99,561   
6. Decoupled income support  Farm Service Agency (FSA): Cotton Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) 
– Authorized by the 2014 Farm Act, provided payments to owners of cotton 
historical base (not a covered commodity under the new Farm Act 
comodity programs) during the transition to the new Stacked Income 
Protection Plan (STAX). CTAP, like the repealed Direct Payments program, 
did not require production of cotton or any other commodity, although the 
land had to be kept in agricultural or conserving uses. The payments were 
made only for th e 2014 crop year, as STAX became fully available in 2015. 
However, some payments due to producers were paid during FY2016.  1    
Subtotal:  1   
8. Payments for relief from natural disasters  Farm Service Agency (FSA): Non -insured Crop Disaster Assistance Program 
(NAP, crop year) – Under the 1994 Federal Crop Insurance Reform Act 
(P.L.103 -354), producers of crops not currently insurable under other 
programs received benefits if it was determine d by the USDA that there 
had been yield losses greater than 35 percent for the area, and greater 
than 50 % for the individual farm. Benefits were calculated on 55% of 
market price at time of loss. The area loss requirement was eliminated per 
Section 109 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (P.L. 106 -224). 
Program reauthorized under the 2014 Farm Act  (PL 113 -79) with new 
provisions to allow producers to purchase coverage for yield losses up to 
65 percent paid at 100% of market price.  178   (2) 
Farm Service Agency (FSA): Emergency loans – Emergency loans provides 
emergency funding and technical assistance for farmers and ranchers to 
rehabilitate farmland damaged by natural disasters and for carrying out 
emergency water conservation measures in periods of severe drought.  1  (2) 
Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program (WHIP): WHIP covered losses of 
production impacted by hurricanes and wildfires during 2017. Hurricane 
losses included losses from related conditions such as excessive rain and 
flooding in counties with qualifying pr imary Presidential Emergency 
Disaster Declaration or Secretarial Disaster designations. Eligible wildfire 
losses included losses from fire, mudslides, and heavy smoke. Eligible 
commodities include crops, trees, bushes, and vines. Producers of 
uninsured eli gible commodities could receive a payment if the loss 
exceeded 35% of production. Outlays are notified for 2017/18 crop year. 
Payments to producers for eligible commodities that are insured or covered 
by NAP are included in supporting table DS:6. The progr am was authorized 
by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (P.L. 115 -123).  152   
Subtotal:  331   
11. Structural adjustment assistance provided through 
investment aids  Farm Service Agency (FSA): Farm Credit Programs – Program includes 
(i) short-term and long -term loans made at preferential interest rates and 
(ii) guarantees of private loans. Eligibility (clearly defined in regulations) 
determined by status as owner -opera tor of a family -sized farm in situations 
of structural disadvantage (cannot obtain credit elsewhere).  126    
Farm Service Agency (FSA): State Mediation Grants – Grants provided to 
states to assist producers having problems meeting credit obligations. 4    
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USD,  million  Data Sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
Assistance must be provided through certified agricultural loan mediation 
program.  
Subtotal:  130   
12. Environmental programmes  Farm Service Agency (FSA): Conservation Reserve Program – Soil erosion 
reduction and other environmental benefits are addressed through 10 -year 
rental agreements to establish permanent cover crops on cropland.  1,977    
Farm Service Agency (FSA): Emergency Conservation Program – Assists in 
funding emergency conservation measures necessary to restore farmland 
damaged by natural disasters.  57   
Farm Service Agency (FSA): Conservation loans – Loans are made to cover 
costs of implementing qualifying conservation projects. Reported 
expenditure isinterest subsidy for direct and guaranteed loans. Authorized 
under the 2008 Farm Act and implemented in 2010.  0   
Farm Service Agency (FSA): Voluntary Public Access and Wildlife Habitat 
Incentives (VPA -WHIP) – Provides grants to State and tribal governments 
to implement programs to encourage farmers and ranchers to develop 
enhanced wildlife habitat and allow public ac cess on their lands for wildlife 
dependent recreation. Authorized under the 2008 Farm Act, reauthorized 
under the 2014 Farm Act (PL 113 -79), and first implemented in 2010.  8   
Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS): Agricultural Management 
Assistan ce Program – Provides cost -share assistance for conservation 
practices that improve water management, water quality, and erosion 
control. Reauthorized under the 2014 Farm Act (PL 113 -79). 1   
Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS): Conservation Ste wardship 
Program - Provides payments for structural and land management 
practices that address resource concerns. Reauthorized by the 2014 Farm 
Act (PL 113 -79). 1,109  (3) 
Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS): Grassland Reserve 
Program - Long-term contracts or easements to restore and conserve 
grassland. Functions moved to Agricultural Conservation Easements 
Program under the 2014 Farm Act (PL 113 -79). Payments due to producers 
from contracts signed in previous program years were paid duri ng FY2016.  12   
Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS): Wetland Reserve Program 
- Conservation and restoration of wetlands through long -term agreements. 
Producers must implement a conservation plan and retire crop acreage 
base. Funding transferred to NRCS under 2002 Farm Act (PL 107 -171). 
Functions moved to Agricultural Conservation Easements Program under 
the 2014 Farm Act (PL 113 -79). Payments due to producers from contracts 
signed in previous program years were paid during FY2016.  88   
Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS): Wildlife Habitat Incentives 
Program - Provides technical assistance and cost -share assistance to 
landowners to develop habitat for upland wildlife, wetlands wildlife, 
endangered species, fish, and other wildlif e. Funds come from CCC under 
5-10 year contracts (Title III, Public Law 104 -127). Functions moved to the 
Environmental Quality Incentives Program under the 2014 Farm Act 
(PL 113-79). Payments due to producers from contracts signed in previous 
program years  were paid during FY2016.  4    
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USD,  million  Data Sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS): Farmland Protection 
Program - Conservation plans are made and easements purchased through 
State, tribe, or local government agencies to protect topsoil by limiting 
conversion to nonagricultural uses. Conservation plans must be carried out 
over the 30 years or more of the easement term. Authorized by the 1996 
Farm Act (Public Law 104 -127); renamed under 2008 Farm Act 
(PL 110-246). Functions moved to Agricultural Conservation Easeme nts 
Program under the 2014 Farm Act (PL 113 -79). Payments due to producers 
from contracts signed in previous program years were paid during FY2016.  15   
Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS): Environmental Quality 
Incentives Program (EQIP) - Encou rages farmers and ranchers to adopt 
practices that reduce environmental and resource problems. Half of the 
funds are targeted to livestock production practices. Authorized by the 
1996 Farm Act (PL 104 -127) and reauthorized under the 2002 Farm Act 
(PL 107 -171), 2008 Farm Act (PL 110 -246) and 2014 Farm Act 
(PL 113-79). 1,215   
Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS): Agricultural Water 
Enhancement Program - The Agricultural Water Enhancement Program 
(AWEP) is a voluntary conservation initiative that provides financial and 
technical assistance to agricultural producers to implement agricultural 
water enhancement activities on agricultural land for the purposes of 
conserving surface and ground water and improving water quality. 
Functions  moved to the Regional Conservation Partnerships Program by the 
2014 Farm Act (PL 113 -79). Payments due to producers from contracts 
signed in previous program years were paid during FY2016.  7   
Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS): Chesapeake Bay  
Watershed Initiative - The program assists producers in implementing 
activities to improve water quality and quantity, and restore, enhance and 
preserve soil, air, and related resources in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. 
Functions moved to the Regional Cons ervation Partnerships Program by the 
2014 Farm Act (PL 113 -79). Payments due to producers from contracts 
signed in previous program years were paid during FY2016.  8   
Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS): Agriculture Conservation 
Easements Program (ACEP) - Combines the functions of the former 
Wetlands Reserve Program, the Grassland Reserve Program (easement 
portion), and the Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program. The program 
provides financial and technical assistance to help con serve agricultural 
lands and wetlands and their related benefits. Authorized by the 2014 Farm 
Act (PL 113 -79). 259   
Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS): Regional Conservation 
Partnerships Program (RCPP) - Combines the authorities of four former  
conservation programs —the Agricultural Water Enhancement program, the 
Chesapeake Bay Watershed Program, the Cooperative Conservation 
Partnership Initiative, and the Great Lakes Basin Program. Promotes 
coordination between NRCS and its partners to deliver conservation 
assistance to producers and landowners on a regional or watershed scale. 
NRCS provides assistance to producers through partnership agreements 
and through program farmer cooperatives, water districts, municipal waste 31    
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USD,  million  Data Sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
or wastewater treatments en tities, higher education institutions, and 
organizations with a history of working cooperatively with producers, 
including nonprofit organizations. Assistance is coordinated through RCPP 
but provided largely through other NRCS programs. Authorized by the 
2014 Farm Act (PL 113 -79). 
Agricultural Marketing Services (AMS): National Organic Certification Cost -
Share Program - Assists certified organic operations in defraying the costs 
associated with organic certification. Organic operations may receive up to 
75% of their certification costs up to a maximum of $750 annually per 
certification scope.  13   
Subtotal:  4,804   
Grand Total Green Box  118,185   
(1) Includes an estimated USD 7 million in indemnities and payments to producers.  
(2) Derived as the difference between FSA farm loans and commercial interest rates times the value of loans made during the year.  Data also include budget outlays for 
recognized losses on FSA loan guaran tees.  
(3) The Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) superseded the Conservation Security Program (CSP) under the 2008 Farm Act. The total reported for CSP includes 
expenditures on remaining CSP contracts.  
General Note:   
Unless otherwise specified, data are outlays for fiscal years. Outlays were excluded from domestic U.S. tables if not related directly to inte rnal support of production agriculture.  
Wages and salaries and administrative expenses were excluded except where such outlays refl ect the level of services provided to agriculture.  
Public Law References : 
Public Law 103 -354, Federal Crop Insurance Reform and Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 ( 4 October 1994).  
Public Law 104 -127, The Federal Agriculture Improvement  and Reform Act of 1996 ( 4 April 1996).  
Public Law 106 -224, Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000, Title I, Crop Insurance, Section 109, and Title III, Biomass Research and Deve lopment Act ( 22 June 2000).  
Public Law 107 -171, Farm Security and Rural In vestment Act of 2002 ( 13 May 2002).  
Public Law 108 -357, American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, Title II, Fair and Equitable Tobacco Reform Act of 2004 ( 22 October 2004).  
Public Law 110 -28, U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans ' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Acc ountability Appropriations Act of 2007 ( 25 May 2007).  
Public Law 110 -246, Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 ( 18 June 2008).  
Public Law 111 -5, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 ( 17 February 2009).  
Public Law 113 -79, Agricultural Act  of 2014 (2014 Farm Act) ( 7 February  2014).  
Public Law 114 -27. Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015 ( 29 June 2015).   
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
REPORTING PERIOD: MARKETING YEAR FROM 01 -09-2017 TO 31 -08-2018  
Calculation of the Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support  
Description of basic products (including 
non-product specific AMS)  
 
 Product specific 
AMS (from 
ST DS:5 to DS:7)  
 
USD,  million Product -specific 
EMS (from ST DS:8)  
 
 
USD,  million  Total  
(2 + 3)  
 
 
USD,  million  Value of production  
 
 
 
USD,  million  Support as a 
% of value of 
production  
 Current Total AMS  
 
 
 
USD,  million  Note  
 
1 2 3    4  
Alfalfa Seed  2.57  2.57 159.4  1.61%  0 (de minimis )  
Almonds  57.976   57.976  5,603.95  1.03%  0 (de minimis )  
Alpacas  0.002   0.002  5,603.95  0% 0 (de minimis )  
Apples  80.624   80.624  3,601.447  2.24%  0 (de minimis )  
Apricots  1.739   1.739  44.556  3.9%  0 (de minimis )  
Avocados  8.539   8.539  392.012  2.18%  0 (de minimis )  
Bananas  3.884   3.884  6.028  64.43%  3.884   
Barley  25.49   25.49  624.184  4.08%  0 (de minimis )  
Beans (fresh & processing)  3.205   3.205  368.938  0.87%  0 (de minimis )  
Beef cattle & calves  61.686   61.686  50,398.374  0.12%  0 (de minimis )  
Bison  0.318   0.318  120.186  0.26%  0 (de minimis )  
Blueberries  27.709   27.709  833.469  3.32%  0 (de minimis )  
Broccoli  0.022   0.022  925.716  0% 0 (de minimis )  
Buckwheat  0.16  0.16 6.84 2.34%  0 (de minimis )  
Cabbage  1.434   1.434  431.307  0.33%  0 (de minimis )  
Camelina  0.002   0.002  117.94  0% 0 (de minimis )  
Canola  54.018   54.018  529.689  10.2%  54.018   
Cantaloupe  0.016   0.016  295.975  0.01%  0 (de minimis )  
Celery  0.093   0.093  322.047  0.03%  0 (de minimis )  
Cherries  31.774   31.774  948.52  3.35%  0 (de minimis )  
Chickpeas  0.004   0.004  223.13  0% 0 (de minimis )  
Chile peppers  0.022   0.022  113.562  0.02%  0 (de minimis )  
Coffee  83.081   83.081  43.774  189.8%  83.081   
Corn 2,198.824   2,198.824  49,567.854  4.44%  0 (de minimis )  
Cotton  952.05   952.05  8134.46  11.7%  952.05   
Cranberries  1.993   1.993  252.088  0.79%  0 (de minimis )  
Cucumbers  1.392   1.392  392.013  0.36%  0 (de minimis )  
Cultivated wild rice  0.775   0.775  89.89  0.86%  0 (de minimis )  
Dairy  0.334   0.334  38,119.254  0% 0 (de minimis )  
Deer (in captivity)  0.141   0.141  50.842  0.28%  0 (de minimis )  
Dry Beans  45.843   45.843  783.223  5.85%  45.843    
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non-product specific AMS)  
 
 Product specific 
AMS (from 
ST DS:5 to DS:7)  
 
USD,  million Product -specific 
EMS (from ST DS:8)  
 
 
USD,  million  Total  
(2 + 3)  
 
 
USD,  million  Value of production  
 
 
 
USD,  million  Support as a 
% of value of 
production  
 Current Total AMS  
 
 
 
USD,  million  Note  
 
1 2 3    4  
Dry peas  52.918   52.918  590.929  8.96%  52.918   
Equine  0.347   0.347  1,499.765  0.02%  0 (de minimis )  
Figs 0.154   0.154  28.568  0.54%  0 (de minimis )  
Flaxseed  2.816   2.816  36.34  7.75%  2.816   
Flowers  0.669   0.669  4,450.116  0.02%  0 (de minimis )  
Goats  0.777   0.777  163.648  0.47%  0 (de minimis )  
Grapefruit  28.333   28.333  256.917  11.03%  28.333   
Grapes/raisins  42.341   42.341  6,507.849  0.68%  0 ( de minimis )  
Grasses  3.085   3.085  568.16  0.54%  0 (de minimis )  
Green peas  3.745   3.745  85.475  4.38%  0 (de minimis )  
Hay and forage  240.621   240.621  16,109.04  1.49%  0 (de minimis )  
Hogs and pigs  0.509   0.509  19,159.248  0% 0 (de minimis )  
Honey/apiculture  46.532   46.532  334.166  13.92%  46.532   
Honeydew  0.032   0.032  94.192  0.03%  0 (de minimis )  
Kiwifruit     34.86  0% 0 (de minimis )  
Lemons/limes  7.256   7.256  763.446  0.95%  0 (de minimis )  
Lentils  0.031   0.031  188.906  0.02%  0 (de minimis )  
Lettuce  0.021   0.021  4,235.735  0% 0 (de minimis )  
Livestock  367.954   367.954  115,827.32  0.32%  0 (de minimis )  
Llamas  0.012   0.012  2.435  0.49%  0 (de minimis )  
Macadamia nuts  0.326   0.326  53.9 0.6%  0 (de minimis )  
Millet  2.898   2.898  49.444  5.86%  2.898   
Mint 0.46  0.46 150.347  0.31%  0 (de minimis )  
Miscellaneous fruits, nuts, vegetables, melons, 
and other crops  23.048   23.048  22,250.181  0.1%  0 (de minimis )  
Mustard  1.044   1.044  17.725  5.89%  1.044   
Nectarines  2.134   2.134  763.446  0.28%  0 (de minimis )  
Nursery  56.035   56.035  13,462.84  0.42%  0 (de minimis )  
Oats 4.723   4.723  139.635  3.38%  0 (de minimis )  
Olives  2.233   2.233  186.649  1.2%  0 (de minimis )  
Onions  25.725   25.725  1042.09  2.47%  0 (de minimis )  
Oranges  435.865   435.865  1943.678  22.42%  435.865   
Orchards, vineyards, nursery  13.462   13.462  22,250.181  0.06%  0 (de minimis )  
Papaya  1.572   1.572  9.4 16.72%  1.572   
Peaches  24.601   24.601  599.862  4.1%  0 (de minimis )  
Peanuts  182.291   182.291  1,634.017  11.16%  182.291   
Pears  2.584   2.584  519.29  0.5%  0 (de minimis )  
Pecans  10.38   10.38  709.218  1.46%  0 (de minimis )  
Peppers  2.957   2.957  625.577  0.47%  0 (de minimis )  
Pistachios  12.47   12.47  1,014.507  1.23%  0 (de minimis )  
Plums/prunes  17.139   17.139  322.797  5.31%  17.139   
Popcorn  4.664   4.664  184.16  2.53%  0 (de minimis )  
Potatoes  52.246   52.246  4,133.073  0% 0 (de minimis )  
Poultry  1.495   1.495  42,781.74  0% 0 (de minimis )   
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- 13 - Description of basic products (including 
non-product specific AMS)  
 
 Product specific 
AMS (from 
ST DS:5 to DS:7)  
 
USD,  million Product -specific 
EMS (from ST DS:8)  
 
 
USD,  million  Total  
(2 + 3)  
 
 
USD,  million  Value of production  
 
 
 
USD,  million  Support as a 
% of value of 
production  
 Current Total AMS  
 
 
 
USD,  million  Note  
 
1 2 3    4  
Pumpkins  0.814   0.814  196.541  0.41%  0 (de minimis )  
Rice 64.871   64.871  2,360.439  2.75%  0 (de minimis )  
Rye 0.301   0.301  48.18  0.62%  0 (de minimis )  
Safflower  1.26  1.26 32.275  3.9%  0 (de minimis )  
Sesame  0.38  0.38 11.065  3.47%  0 (de minimis )  
Sheep and lambs  2.328   2.328  711.899  0.33%  0 (de minimis )  
Sorghum  125.118   125.118  1,168.526  10.71%  125.118   
Soybeans  1,626.727   1,626.727  41,308.74  3.94%  0 (de minimis )  
Squash  0.8  0.8 235.613  0.34%  0 (de minimis )  
Strawberries  0.056   0.056  2,895.813  0% 0 (de minimis )  
Sugar  1,576.698   1,576.698  2,481.689  63.53%  1,576.698   
Sunflower  32.856   32.856  375.077  8.76%  32.856   
Sweet corn  4.414   4.414  892.179  0.49%  0 (de minimis )  
Sweet potatoes  3.801   3.801  657.021  0.58%  0 (de minimis )  
Tangerines/mandarins/tangelos  22.884   22.884  568.084  4.03%  0 (de minimis )  
Taro 0.064   0.064  2.58 2.48%  0 (de minimis )  
Tobacco  63.331   63.331  1,461.855  4.33%  0 (de minimis )  
Tomatoes  16.152   16.152  1,677.96  0.96%  0 (de minimis )  
Walnuts  3.977   3.977  1,568.7  0.25%  0 (de minimis )  
Watermelon  0.507   0.507  593.719  0.09%  0 (de minimis )  
Wheat  603.783   603.783  8,255.119  7.31%  603.783   
Non-product -specific AMS(from ST/DS:9)  3,442.434  369,293.368  0.93%  0 (de minimis )  
TOTAL  4,248.739   
General Notes  
(1) Value of production from National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) where available. For remaining commodities, value of production estimated from best available 
sources, including cash receipts from Economic Research Service Farm Income Data, product ion/inventory and value of sales from the Census of Agriculture, animal unit 
value data from Farm Service Agency, price data from State extension service bulletins, and price data from the Risk Manageme nt Agency.  
(2) de minimis  exclusion : AMS  is not subject to reduction or inclusion in the current AMS because the calculated AMS is less than 5 % of value of production .  
(3) Livestock category includes all species eligible for LFP program and livestock eligible for ELAP and LIP for which commodit y specific data are not available: cattle & 
calves, sheep & lambs, poultry, swine, goats, llamas, alpacas, emus, deer, elk, reindeer, and equine. Value of production does not include reindeer, for which data are 
not reported.  
(4) Orchards, vineyards, nursery category includes tree, bush, and vine crops eligible for TAP; commodity -specific data for this program are not available.  
(5) Poultry category includes all poultry eligible for the LIP program: meat of broilers and other chic kens, eggs, turkeys, other poultry (geese, ducks, Cornish hens). Value of 
production does not include Cornish hens, for which data are not reported.  
(6) The sum of all product -specific values of production does not equal the total value of production of U S agricultural production as notified in Supporting Table DS:9 
because of the aggregated categories of notified support --livestock; orchards, vineyards nursery; and miscellaneous fruits, nuts vegetables, melons and other 
commodities. These categories, as n oted in general notes 3, 4, 5, and 8, are used to report payments to groups of commodities for which either commodity -specific 
program payment data are not available, or for which individual value of production data are not reported.  
(7) Tangelos are repo rted with tangerines and mandarins, as value of production for tangelos is no longer available.  
(8) Miscellaneous fruits, nuts, vegetables, melons and other commodities includes all commodities in those categories receiving W HIP payments for which individ ual value of 
production is not reported. Value of production used for the category is the residual of Economic Research Service cash receipts for fruit & nuts, vegeta bles & melons,  
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- 14 - and all other crops when all individually reported commodities are deducted  from total. Commodities include atemoya, beets, breadfruit, cacao, caimito, caneberries, 
carambola, cashews, cassava, cherimoya, Chinese bitter melons, coconuts, eggplant, ginger, guambana/soursop, guava, guavaberr y, herbs, jack fruit, jujube, longan, 
lychee, mango, mangosteen, okra, ose nsukka, passion fruits, pineapple, pitaya/dragon fruit, pomegranates, pummelo, rambutan, ru tabaga, spodilla, sapote, star 
gooseberry, tannier, tomatillos, and water cress.   
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- 15 - Supporting Table DS:5  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
REPORTING PERIOD: MARKETING YEAR FROM 01 -09-2017 TO 31 -08-2018  
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Market Price Support  
Description of basic 
products  Reporting Year  Measure 
Types  Applied 
adminis tered 
price  
 
 
USD External 
reference 
price 
(generally 
from AGST)  
 
USD Eligible production  Associated 
fees / 
levies  
 
 
 
USD,  million  Total market 
price support 
((4-5)*6) -7 
 
 
USD,  million  Data 
Sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9  
Sugar  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Price 
Support/Quota  413.367/Tonne  230.824/Tonne  8.43 million Tonnes   1,538.837   (1) 
Total Sugar          1,538.837    
(1)  Reference price based on 1986 -88 average Caribbean price adjusted to include transportation costs of $28.66/ton (28.66 + 202.164 = 230.824). Annual Caribbean price 
is the simple average of 12 monthly prices. Applied administered price is the announced loan rate for cane sugar (18.75 cents  per lb.). Eligible production for market 
price support is the smaller of either actual production or the Overall Allotment Quantity (OAQ), as provided for in the 2002 F arm Act (PL 107 -171) and continued under 
the 2014 Farm Act (PL 110 -246). The OAQ sets the amount of sugar that may be marketed duri ng any year, thereby determining the maximum amount of production 
eligible for price support. Eligible production for 2017 is actual sugar production.   
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- 16 - Supporting Table DS:6  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
REPORTING PERIOD: MARKETING YEAR FROM 01-09-2017 TO 31 -08-2018  
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Non -Exempt Direct Payments  
Description of basic products  Reporting Year  Measure 
Types  Applied 
administered 
price  
 
 
 
 
USD External 
reference 
price 
(generally 
from 
AGST)  
 
USD Eligible 
production  Total price 
related 
direct 
payments 
((4-5)*6)  
 
 
USD,  million  Other non 
exempt 
direct 
payments  
 
 
 
USD,  million  Associated 
fees / levies  
 
 
 
 
 
USD,  million  Total direct 
payment 
(7+8 -9) 
 
 
 
 
USD,  million  Data 
Sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  
Alpacas  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Livestock 
indemnity 
payments 
(LIP)     0.002   0.002   (2) 
Total Alpacas            0.002    
Apples  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments          (8) 
Total Apples               
Avocados  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments      3.922   3.922   (8) 
Total Avocados            3.922    
Bananas  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments      3.88  3.88  (3) 
Total Bananas            3.88   
Barley  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 ARC 
payments 
on generic 
acres      0.029   0.029   (3) 
Barley  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 PLC 
payments 
on generic 
acres      0.706   0.706   (3) 
Total Barley            0.735    
Beans (fresh & processing)  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments      0.315   0.315   (8) 
Total Beans  
(fresh & processing)            0.315     
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Types  Applied 
administered 
price  
 
 
 
 
USD External 
reference 
price 
(generally 
from 
AGST)  
 
USD Eligible 
production  Total price 
related 
direct 
payments 
((4-5)*6)  
 
 
USD,  million  Other non 
exempt 
direct 
payments  
 
 
 
USD,  million  Associated 
fees / levies  
 
 
 
 
 
USD,  million  Total direct 
payment 
(7+8 -9) 
 
 
 
 
USD,  million  Data 
Sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  
Beef cattle & calves  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Livestock 
indemnity 
payments      60.551   60.551   (2) 
Total Beef cattle & calves            60.551    
Bison  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Livestock 
indemnity 
payments      0.318   0.318   (2) 
Total Bison            0.318    
Blueberries  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments      18.453   18.453   (8) 
Total Blueberries            18.453    
Broccoli  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments      0.022   0.022   (8) 
Total Broccoli            0.022    
Buckwheat  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments          (8) 
Total Buckwheat               
Cabbage  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments          (8) 
Total Cabbage               
Canola  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 ARC 
payments 
on generic 
acres      0.009   0.009   (3) 
Canola  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 PLC 
payments 
on generic 
acres      0.217   0.217   (3) 
Total Canola            0.226    
Cantaloupe  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments      0.016   0.016   (8) 
Total Cantaloupe            0.016    
Celery  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments      0.093   0.093   (8) 
Total Celery            0.093    
Cherries  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments          (8) 
Total Cherries                
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- 18 - Description of basic products  Reporting Year  Measure 
Types  Applied 
administered 
price  
 
 
 
 
USD External 
reference 
price 
(generally 
from 
AGST)  
 
USD Eligible 
production  Total price 
related 
direct 
payments 
((4-5)*6)  
 
 
USD,  million  Other non 
exempt 
direct 
payments  
 
 
 
USD,  million  Associated 
fees / levies  
 
 
 
 
 
USD,  million  Total direct 
payment 
(7+8 -9) 
 
 
 
 
USD,  million  Data 
Sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  
Coffee  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments      82.779   82.779   (8) 
Total Coffee            82.779    
Corn MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 ARC 
payments 
on generic 
acres      10.153   10.153   (3) 
Corn MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 PLC 
payments 
on generic 
acres      13.181   13.181   (3) 
Corn MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments      0.987   0.987   (8) 
Total Corn            24.321    
Cotton  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Cotton -
ginning cost 
share 
payments      215.8   215.8   (7) 
Cotton  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments      24.548   24.548   (8) 
Total Cotton            240.348    
Cucumbers  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments      0.496   0.496   (8) 
Total Cucumbers            0.496    
Dairy  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Dairy 
indemnities      0.218   0.218   (2) 
Dairy  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Margin 
Protection 
Program 
(MPP) for 
dairy     0 18.2 -18.2  (9) 
Dairy  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Livestock 
indemnity 
payments 
(LIP)     15.383   15.383   (2) 
Total Dairy            -2.599     
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Types  Applied 
administered 
price  
 
 
 
 
USD External 
reference 
price 
(generally 
from 
AGST)  
 
USD Eligible 
production  Total price 
related 
direct 
payments 
((4-5)*6)  
 
 
USD,  million  Other non 
exempt 
direct 
payments  
 
 
 
USD,  million  Associated 
fees / levies  
 
 
 
 
 
USD,  million  Total direct 
payment 
(7+8 -9) 
 
 
 
 
USD,  million  Data 
Sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  
Deer (in captivity)  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Livestock 
indemnity 
payments 
(LIP)     0.141   0.141   (2) 
Total Deer (in captivity)            0.141    
Equine  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Livestock 
indemnity 
payments 
(LIP)     0.347   0.347   (2) 
Total Equine            0.347    
Figs MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments          (8) 
Total Figs               
Flowers  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments      0.669   0.669   (8) 
Total Flowers            0.669    
Goats  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Livestock 
indemnity 
payments 
(LIP)     0.777   0.777   (2) 
Total Goats            0.777    
Grapefruit  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments      22.238   22.238   (8) 
Total Grapefruit            22.238    
Grapes/raisins  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments      2.832   2.832   (8) 
Total Grapes/raisins            2.832    
Grasses  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments      2.608   2.608   (8) 
Total Grasses            2.608    
Green peas  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments      0.217   0.217   (8) 
Total Green peas            0.217    
Hay and forage  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments      0.03  0.03  (8) 
Total Hay and forage            0.03    
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Types  Applied 
administered 
price  
 
 
 
 
USD External 
reference 
price 
(generally 
from 
AGST)  
 
USD Eligible 
production  Total price 
related 
direct 
payments 
((4-5)*6)  
 
 
USD,  million  Other non 
exempt 
direct 
payments  
 
 
 
USD,  million  Associated 
fees / levies  
 
 
 
 
 
USD,  million  Total direct 
payment 
(7+8 -9) 
 
 
 
 
USD,  million  Data 
Sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  
Hogs and pigs  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Livestock 
indemnity 
payments 
(LIP)     0.496   0.496   (2) 
Total Hogs and pigs            0.496    
Honey/apiculture  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Emergency 
livestock 
assistance 
(ELAP)      32.812   32.812   (4) 
Honey/apiculture  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments      0.431   0.431   (8) 
Total Honey/apiculture            33.243    
Honeydew  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments      0.032   0.032   (8) 
Total Honeydew            0.032    
Kiwifruit  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments          (8) 
Total Kiwifruit               
Lemons/limes  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments      1.201   1.201   (8) 
Total Lemons/limes            1.201    
Lettuce  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments      0.021   0.021   (8) 
Total Lettuce            0.021    
Livestock  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Emergency 
livestock 
assistance 
(ELAP)      8.058   8.058   (4) 
Livestock  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Livestock 
forage 
payments 
(LFP)      359.896   359.896   (5) 
Total Livestock            367.954    
Llamas  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Livestock 
indemnity 
payments 
(LIP)     0.012   0.012   (2) 
Total Llamas            0.012     
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Types  Applied 
administered 
price  
 
 
 
 
USD External 
reference 
price 
(generally 
from 
AGST)  
 
USD Eligible 
production  Total price 
related 
direct 
payments 
((4-5)*6)  
 
 
USD,  million  Other non 
exempt 
direct 
payments  
 
 
 
USD,  million  Associated 
fees / levies  
 
 
 
 
 
USD,  million  Total direct 
payment 
(7+8 -9) 
 
 
 
 
USD,  million  Data 
Sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  
Macadamia nuts  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments          (8) 
Total Macadamia nuts               
Millet  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments      0.004   0.004   (8) 
Total Millet            0.004    
Miscellaneous fruits, nuts, 
vegetables, melons, and other c rops MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments      23.048   23.048   (8) 
Total Miscellaneous fruits, nuts, 
vegetables, melons, an d other 
crops            23.048    
Nectarines  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments          (8) 
Total Nectarines               
Nursery  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments      38.955   38.955   (8) 
Total Nursery            38.955    
Oats MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 ARC 
payments 
on generic 
acres      0.15  0.15  (3) 
Oats MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments          (8) 
Total Oats            0.15   
Olives  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments      0.007   0.007   (8) 
Total Olives            0.007    
Onions  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments          (8) 
Total Onions            0   
Oranges  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments      66.770   66.77   (8) 
Oranges  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Florida 
hurricanes 
block grant      340  340  (8) 
Total Oranges            406.77    
Orchards, vineyards, nursery  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Tree 
assistance 
program 
(TAP)      13.462   13.462   (6) 
Total Orchards, vineyards, 
nursery            13.462     
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Types  Applied 
administered 
price  
 
 
 
 
USD External 
reference 
price 
(generally 
from 
AGST)  
 
USD Eligible 
production  Total price 
related 
direct 
payments 
((4-5)*6)  
 
 
USD,  million  Other non 
exempt 
direct 
payments  
 
 
 
USD,  million  Associated 
fees / levies  
 
 
 
 
 
USD,  million  Total direct 
payment 
(7+8 -9) 
 
 
 
 
USD,  million  Data 
Sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  
Papaya  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments      1.549   1.549   (8) 
Total Papaya            1.549    
Peaches  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments      7.907   7.907   (8) 
Total Peaches            7.907    
Peanuts  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 ARC 
payments 
on generic 
acres      0.029   0.029   (3) 
Peanuts  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 PLC 
payments 
on generic 
acres      114.115   114.115   (3) 
Peanuts  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments      15.621   15.621   (8) 
Total Peanuts            129.765    
Pears  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments          (8) 
Total Pears               
Pecans  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments      0.823   0.823   (8) 
Total Pecans            0.823    
Peppers  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments      0.761   0.761   (8) 
Total Peppers            0.761    
Pistachios  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments          (8) 
Total Pistachios               
Plums/prunes  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments          (8) 
Total Plums/prunes               
Potatoes  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments          (8) 
Total Potatoes               
Poultry  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Livestock 
indemnity 
payments 
(LIP)     1.495   1.495   (2) 
Total Poultry            1.495     
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Types  Applied 
administered 
price  
 
 
 
 
USD External 
reference 
price 
(generally 
from 
AGST)  
 
USD Eligible 
production  Total price 
related 
direct 
payments 
((4-5)*6)  
 
 
USD,  million  Other non 
exempt 
direct 
payments  
 
 
 
USD,  million  Associated 
fees / levies  
 
 
 
 
 
USD,  million  Total direct 
payment 
(7+8 -9) 
 
 
 
 
USD,  million  Data 
Sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  
Pumpkins  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments      0.584   0.584   (8) 
Total Pumpkins            0.584    
Rice MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 ARC 
payments 
on generic 
acres      0.047   0.047   (3) 
Rice MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 PLC 
payments 
on generic 
acres      13.549   13.549   (3) 
Rice MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments      1.912   1.912   (8) 
Total Rice            15.508    
Safflower  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 ARC 
payments 
on generic 
base     0.002   0.002   (3) 
Safflower  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 PLC 
payments 
on generic 
acres      0.031   0.031   (3) 
Total Safflower            0.033    
Sheep and lambs  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Livestock 
indemnity 
payments 
(LIP)     2.024   2.024   (2) 
Total Sheep and lambs            2.024    
Sorghum  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 ARC 
payments 
on generic 
acres      0.265   0.265   (3) 
Sorghum  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 PLC 
payments 
on generic 
acres      25.324   25.324   (3) 
Sorghum  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments      0.111   0.111   (8) 
Total Sorghum            25.7    
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Types  Applied 
administered 
price  
 
 
 
 
USD External 
reference 
price 
(generally 
from 
AGST)  
 
USD Eligible 
production  Total price 
related 
direct 
payments 
((4-5)*6)  
 
 
USD,  million  Other non 
exempt 
direct 
payments  
 
 
 
USD,  million  Associated 
fees / levies  
 
 
 
 
 
USD,  million  Total direct 
payment 
(7+8 -9) 
 
 
 
 
USD,  million  Data 
Sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  
Soybeans  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 ARC 
payments 
on generic 
acres      3.336   3.336   (3) 
Soybeans  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments      2.589   2.589   (3) 
Total Soybeans            5.925    
Squash  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments      0.800   0.8  (8) 
Total Squash            0.8   
Strawberries  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments          (8) 
Total Strawberries               
Sugar  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments      0.116   0.116   (8) 
Total Sugar            0.116    
Sunflower  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 ARC 
payments 
on generic 
acres      0.036   0.036   (3) 
Sunflower  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 PLC 
payments 
on generic 
acres      0.369   0.369   (3) 
Total Sunflower            0.405    
Sweet potatoes  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments      3.138   3.138   (8) 
Total Sweet potatoes            3.138    
Tangerines/mandarins/tangelos  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments      6.467   6.467   (8) 
Total 
Tangerines/mandarins/tangelos            6.467    
Taro MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments      0.064   0.064   (8) 
Total Taro            0.064    
Tobacco  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments      1.377   1.377   (8) 
Total Tobacco            1.377    
Tomatoes  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments      1.303   1.303   (8) 
Total Tomatoes            1.303     
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- 25 - Description of basic products  Reporting Year  Measure 
Types  Applied 
administered 
price  
 
 
 
 
USD External 
reference 
price 
(generally 
from 
AGST)  
 
USD Eligible 
production  Total price 
related 
direct 
payments 
((4-5)*6)  
 
 
USD,  million  Other non 
exempt 
direct 
payments  
 
 
 
USD,  million  Associated 
fees / levies  
 
 
 
 
 
USD,  million  Total direct 
payment 
(7+8 -9) 
 
 
 
 
USD,  million  Data 
Sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  
Walnuts  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments          (8) 
Total Walnuts               
Watermelon  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments      0.507   0.507   (8) 
Total Watermelon            0.507    
Wheat  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 ARC 
payments 
on generic 
acres      3.774   3.774   (3) 
Wheat  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 PLC 
payments 
on generic 
acres      31.498   31.498   (3) 
Wheat  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 WHIP 
payments      0.012   0.012   (8) 
Total Wheat            35.284    
(1) Marketing loan gains, loan deficiency payments, and forfeitures  constitute benefits under the Marketing Assistance Loan Program (certificate exchange gains were re-
established  in 2016). Covered commodities include corn, soybeans, wheat, rice (both medium and long -grain), upland cotton, barley, grain sorghum, oats, pea nuts, 
oilseeds (which include canola, crambe, flaxseed, mustard seed, rapeseed, safflower, sesame seed, and sunflower seed), dry pe as, honey, lentils, mohair, small and 
large chickpeas, and wool.  
(2) Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) payments were reautho rized by the 2014 Farm Act. LIP provides payments to eligible producers for livestock death losses in excess of 
normal morality due to adverse weather. LIP payments reported in Livestock category are for species for which sufficient data  are not available to report individually.  
(3) Under the 2014 Farm Act, historical cotton base acres were designated "generic," and holders of that base acreage are eligibl e for payments, when triggered, under 
either the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) or the Price Loss Cov erage (PLC) program if they plant covered commodities (wheat, feed grains, soybeans, peanuts, other 
oilseeds, rice, and pulses) on their generic base acres. ARC -CO provides payments when county -level revenue falls below the rolling average benchmark revenu e; PLC 
provides payments when the national average price for the covered commodity falls below the statutory reference price for tha t commodity. Owners of generic base 
were required to elect either ARC -CO or PLC for each covered commodity and cannot be cha nged during the time period covered by the 2014 Farm Act.  
(4) Emergency Livestock Assistance Program (ELAP) payments were reauthorized by the 2014 Farm Act. ELAP provides emergency relief  to eligible producers of livestock, 
honey bees, and farm -raised fis h for losses due to disease, adverse weather, or other conditions not covered by other programs under Supplemental Agricultur al 
Disaster Assistance. Data indicating the share of payments going to different categories of eligible livestock is not availab le except for honeybees and farm -raised fish 
(not reported here).  
(5) Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) payments were reauthorized by the 2014 Farm Act. LFP provides payments to eligible pr oducers of covered livestock for grazing 
losses due to drought or fire (on public managed land). Data indicating the share of payments going to different categories of eligible livestock i s not available.  
(6) Tree Assistance Program (TAP) payments were reauthorized by the 2014 Farm Act. TAP provides assistance to eli gible orchardists and nursery tree growers to replant or 
rehabilitate eligible trees, bushes and vines damaged by natural disasters. Data indicating the share of payments going to di fferent categories of eligible trees, bushes 
and vines is not available.   
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- 26 - (7) The Cotton Ginning Cost Share (CGCS) program provided cost -share assistance to cotton producers to help with ginning costs. Payments were 20 % of the 2017 average 
ginning cost for each production region, paid on a producer 's 2016 cotton acres, Producers were required to meet eligibility requirements, including active engagement in 
farming, conservation compliance, and adjusted gross income limits, and payments were limited to $40,000 per producer.  
(8) The Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program (WHIP)  covered losses of producers impacted by hurricanes and wildfires during 2017. Payments to producers for 
uninsured eligible commodities are notified in Supporting Table DS:1. Product -specific payments to producers for eligible commodities that are insured or covered by the 
Noninsured Crop Loss Assistance Program (NAP) are estimated using currently available data. The program was authorized by the  Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 
(P.L. 115-123)  
(9) MPP fees include premiums and administrative fees for the program.  
General Notes:  
Public Law References: Public Law 113 -79, Agricultural Act of 2014 (2014 Farm Act) ( 7 February 2014).  
Public Law 115 -123, Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 ( 9 February 2018).   
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- 27 - Supporting Table DS:7  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
REPORTING PERIOD: MARKETING YEAR FROM 01 -09-2017 TO 31 -08-2018  
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Other Product -Specific Support and Total Product -Specific AMS  
Description of basic products  Reporting Year  Measure Types  Other 
product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
 
 
 
USD,  million  Other 
product 
specific 
support 
(with 
calculation 
details)  
 
USD,  million  Associated 
fees / 
levies  Total other 
product -
specific 
support 
(4+5 -6) 
 
 
 
USD,  million  Market price 
support 
(from ST 
DS:5)  
 
 
 
 
USD,  million  Non-
exempt 
direct 
payments 
(from ST 
DS:6)  
 
 
USD,  million  Total AMS  
(7+8+9)  
 
 
 
 
 
 
USD,  million  Data 
Sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  
Alfalfa Seed  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  2.57   2.57     (1) 
Total Alfalfa Seed         2.57   2.57   
Almonds  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  57.976    57.976      (1) 
Total Almonds         57.976    57.976    
Total Alpacas           0.002  0.002    
Apples  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop Insurance 
Premium Subsidy  80.624    80.624      (1) 
Total Apples         80.624    80.624    
Apricots  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  1.739    1.739      (1) 
Total Apricots         1.739    1.739    
Avocados  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  4.617    4.617      (1) 
Total Avocados         4.617   3.922  8.539    
Bananas  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  0.004    0.004      (1) 
Total Bananas         0.004   3.88 3.884    
Barley  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Commodity loan 
interest subsidy   0.142  0.045  0.097      (2), (3)  
Barley  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  24.658    24.658      (1) 
Total Barley         24.755   0.735  25.49    
Beans (fresh & processing)  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  2.89   2.89     (1) 
Total Beans (fresh & 
processing)         2.89  0.315  3.205     
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- 28 - Description of basic products  Reporting Year  Measure Types  Other 
product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
 
 
 
USD,  million  Other 
product 
specific 
support 
(with 
calculation 
details)  
 
USD,  million  Associated 
fees / 
levies  Total other 
product -
specific 
support 
(4+5 -6) 
 
 
 
USD,  million  Market price 
support 
(from ST 
DS:5)  
 
 
 
 
USD,  million  Non-
exempt 
direct 
payments 
(from ST 
DS:6)  
 
 
USD,  million  Total AMS  
(7+8+9)  
 
 
 
 
 
 
USD,  million  Data 
Sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  
Beef cattle & calves  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Livestock insurance 
premium (LIP)  1.135    1.135      (1) 
Total Beef cattle & calves         1.135   60.551  61.686    
Total Bison           0.318  0.318    
Blueberries  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  9.256    9.256      (1) 
Total Blueberries         9.256   18.453  27.709    
Total Broccoli           0.022  0.022    
Buckwheat  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  0.16   0.16     (1) 
Total Buckwheat         0.16   0.16   
Cabbage  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  1.434    1.434      (1) 
Total Cabbage         1.434    1.434    
Camelina  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  0.002    0.002      (1) 
Total Camelina         0.002    0.002    
Canola  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Commodity loan 
interest subsidy   0.083  0.037  0.046      (2), (3)  
Canola  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  53.746    53.746      (1) 
Total Canola         53.792   0.226  54.018    
Total Cantaloupe           0.016  0.016    
Total Celery           0.093  0.093    
Cherries  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  31.774    31.774      (1) 
Total Cherries         31.774    31.774    
Chickpeas  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Commodity loan 
interest subsidy   0.007  0.003  0.004      (2), (3), 
(4) 
Total Chickpeas         0.004    0.004    
Chile peppers  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  0.022    0.022      (1) 
Total Chile peppers         0.022    0.022    
Coffee  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  0.302    0.302      (1) 
Total Coffee         0.302   82.779  83.081    
Corn MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Commodity loan 
interest subsidy   27.279  9.462  17.817      (2), (3)  
Corn MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  2156.686    2,156.686      (1) 
Total Corn         2,174.503   24.321  2,198.824     
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- 29 - Description of basic products  Reporting Year  Measure Types  Other 
product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
 
 
 
USD,  million  Other 
product 
specific 
support 
(with 
calculation 
details)  
 
USD,  million  Associated 
fees / 
levies  Total other 
product -
specific 
support 
(4+5 -6) 
 
 
 
USD,  million  Market price 
support 
(from ST 
DS:5)  
 
 
 
 
USD,  million  Non-
exempt 
direct 
payments 
(from ST 
DS:6)  
 
 
USD,  million  Total AMS  
(7+8+9)  
 
 
 
 
 
 
USD,  million  Data 
Sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  
Cotton  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Commodity loan 
interest subsidy   16.604  13.247  3.357      (2), (3)  
Cotton  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  666.345    666.345      (1) 
Cotton  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Upland cotton EAA  42   42      
Total Cotton         711.702   240.348  952.05    
Cranberries  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  1.993    1.993      (1) 
Total Cranberries         1.993    1.993    
Cucumbers  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  0.896    0.896      (1) 
Total Cucumbers         0.896   0.496  1.392    
Cultivated wild rice  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  0.775    0.775      (1) 
Total Cultivated wild rice         0.775    0.775    
Dairy  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Livestock insurance 
premium subsidy  2.933    2.933      (1) 
Total Dairy         2.933   -2.599  0.334    
Total Deer (in captivity)           0.141  0.141    
Dry Beans  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  45.843    45.843      (1) 
Total Dry Beans         45.843    45.843    
Dry peas  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy   0.039   0.039      (2) 
Dry peas  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Commodty loan 
interest subsidy  52.891   0.012  52.879      (1), (3), 
(4) 
Total Dry peas         52.918    52.918    
Total Equine           0.347  0.347    
Figs MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  0.154    0.154      (1) 
Total Figs         0.154    0.154    
Flaxseed  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy   0.009   0.009      (2) 
Flaxseed  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Commodity loan 
interest subsidy  2.809   0.002  2.807      (1), (3)  
Total Flaxseed         2.816    2.816    
Total Flowers           0.669  0.669    
Total Goats           0.777  0.777    
Grapefruit  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  6.095    6.095      (1) 
Total Grapefruit         6.095   22.238  28.333     
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- 30 - Description of basic products  Reporting Year  Measure Types  Other 
product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
 
 
 
USD,  million  Other 
product 
specific 
support 
(with 
calculation 
details)  
 
USD,  million  Associated 
fees / 
levies  Total other 
product -
specific 
support 
(4+5 -6) 
 
 
 
USD,  million  Market price 
support 
(from ST 
DS:5)  
 
 
 
 
USD,  million  Non-
exempt 
direct 
payments 
(from ST 
DS:6)  
 
 
USD,  million  Total AMS  
(7+8+9)  
 
 
 
 
 
 
USD,  million  Data 
Sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  
Grapes/raisins  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  39.509    39.509      (1) 
Total Grapes/raisins         39.509   2.832  42.341    
Grasses  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  0.477    0.477      (1) 
Total Grasses         0.477   2.608  3.085    
Green peas  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  3.528    3.528      (1) 
Total Green peas         3.528   0.217  3.745    
Hay and forage  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  240.591    240.591      (1) 
Total Hay and forage         240.591   0.03 240.621    
Hogs and pigs  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  0.013    0.013      (1) 
Total Hogs and pigs         0.013   0.496  0.509    
Honey/apiculture  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy   0.059  0.018  0.041      (2), (3)  
Honey/apiculture  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Commodity loan 
interest subsidy  13.248    13.248      (1) 
Total Honey/apiculture         13.289   33.243  46.532    
Total Honeydew           0.032  0.032    
Total Kiwifruit               
Lemons/limes  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  6.055    6.055      (1) 
Total Lemons/limes         6.055   1.201  7.256    
Lentils  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Commodity loan 
interest subsidy   0.045  0.014  0.031      (1), (3), 
(4) 
Total Lentils         0.031    0.031    
Total Lettuce           0.021  0.021    
Total Livestock           367.954  367.954    
Total Llamas           0.012  0.012    
Macadamia nuts  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  0.326    0.326      (1) 
Total Macadamia nuts         0.326    0.326    
Millet  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  2.894    2.894      (1) 
Total Millet         2.894   0.004  2.898    
Mint MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  0.46   0.46     (1) 
Total Mint         0.46   0.46    
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- 31 - Description of basic products  Reporting Year  Measure Types  Other 
product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
 
 
 
USD,  million  Other 
product 
specific 
support 
(with 
calculation 
details)  
 
USD,  million  Associated 
fees / 
levies  Total other 
product -
specific 
support 
(4+5 -6) 
 
 
 
USD,  million  Market price 
support 
(from ST 
DS:5)  
 
 
 
 
USD,  million  Non-
exempt 
direct 
payments 
(from ST 
DS:6)  
 
 
USD,  million  Total AMS  
(7+8+9)  
 
 
 
 
 
 
USD,  million  Data 
Sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  
Total Miscellaneous fruits, nuts, 
vegetables, melons, an d other 
crops            23.048     
Mustard  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy   0.006   0.006      (2) 
Mustard  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Commodity loan 
interest subsidy  1.04  0.002  1.038      (1), (3)  
Total Mustard         1.044    1.044    
Nectarines  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  2.134    2.134      (1) 
Total Nectarines         2.134    2.134    
Nursery  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  17.08    17.08      (1) 
Total Nursery         17.08   38.955  56.035    
Oats MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy   0.008  0.003  0.005       
Oats MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Commodity loan 
interest subsidy  4.568    4.568      (2), (3)  
Total Oats         4.573   0.15 4.723    
Olives  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  2.226    2.226      (1) 
Total Olives         2.226   0.007  2.233    
Onions  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  25.725    25.725      (1) 
Total Onions         25.725    25.725    
Oranges  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  29.095    29.095      (1) 
Total Oranges         29.095   406.77  435.865    
Total Orchards, vineyards, 
nursery           13.462  13.462    
Papaya  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  0.023    0.023      (1) 
Total Papaya         0.023   1.549  1.572    
Peaches  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  16.694    16.694      (1) 
Total Peaches         16.694   7.907  24.601    
Peanuts  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy   14.22  4.848  9.372      (2), (3)  
Peanuts  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Commodity loan 
interest subsidy  43.154    43.154      (1) 
Total Peanuts         52.526   129.765  182.291     
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- 32 - Description of basic products  Reporting Year  Measure Types  Other 
product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
 
 
 
USD,  million  Other 
product 
specific 
support 
(with 
calculation 
details)  
 
USD,  million  Associated 
fees / 
levies  Total other 
product -
specific 
support 
(4+5 -6) 
 
 
 
USD,  million  Market price 
support 
(from ST 
DS:5)  
 
 
 
 
USD,  million  Non-
exempt 
direct 
payments 
(from ST 
DS:6)  
 
 
USD,  million  Total AMS  
(7+8+9)  
 
 
 
 
 
 
USD,  million  Data 
Sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  
Pears  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  2.584    2.584      (1) 
Total Pears         2.584    2.584    
Pecans  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  9.557    9.557      (1) 
Total Pecans         9.557   0.823  10.38    
Peppers  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  2.196    2.196      (1) 
Total Peppers         2.196   0.761  2.957    
Pistachios  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  12.47    12.47      (1) 
Total Pistachios         12.47    12.47    
Plums/prunes  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  17.139    17.139      (1) 
Total Plums/prunes         17.139    17.139    
Popcorn  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  4.664    4.664      (1) 
Total Popcorn         4.664    4.664    
Potatoes  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  52.246    52.246      (1) 
Total Potatoes         52.246    52.246    
Total Poultry           1.495  1.495    
Pumpkins  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  0.23   0.23     (1) 
Total Pumpkins         0.23  0.584  0.814    
Rice MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Commodity loan 
interest subsidy   2.538  0.949  1.589      (2), (3)  
Rice MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  47.774    47.774      (1) 
Total Rice         49.363   15.508  64.871    
Rye MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  0.301    0.301      (1) 
Total Rye         0.301    0.301    
Safflower  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Commodity loan 
interest subsidy   0.000   0     (1) 
Safflower  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  1.227    1.227      (1)  
Total Safflower         1.227   0.033  1.26   
Sesame  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  0.38   0.38     (1) 
Total Sesame         0.38   0.38    
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- 33 - Description of basic products  Reporting Year  Measure Types  Other 
product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
 
 
 
USD,  million  Other 
product 
specific 
support 
(with 
calculation 
details)  
 
USD,  million  Associated 
fees / 
levies  Total other 
product -
specific 
support 
(4+5 -6) 
 
 
 
USD,  million  Market price 
support 
(from ST 
DS:5)  
 
 
 
 
USD,  million  Non-
exempt 
direct 
payments 
(from ST 
DS:6)  
 
 
USD,  million  Total AMS  
(7+8+9)  
 
 
 
 
 
 
USD,  million  Data 
Sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  
Sheep and lambs  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Livestock insurance 
premium subsidy  0.304    0.304      (1) 
Total Sheep and lambs         0.304   2.024  2.328    
Sorghum  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Commodity loan 
interest subsidy   0.055  0.022  0.033      (2), (3)  
Sorghum  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  99.385    99.385      (1) 
Total Sorghum         99.418   25.7 125.118    
Soybeans  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Commodity loan 
interest subsidy   9.468  3.645  5.823      (2), (3)  
Soybeans  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  1614.979    1614.979      (1) 
Total Soybeans         1620.802   5.925  1626.727    
Total Squash           0.8 0.8   
Strawberries  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  0.056    0.056      (1) 
Total Strawberries         0.056    0.056    
Sugar  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Commodity loan 
interest subsidy   12.805  4.933  7.872      (2), (3)  
Sugar  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  29.873    29.873      (1) 
Total Sugar         37.745  1,538.837  0.116  1576.698    
Sunflower  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Commodity loan 
interest subsidy   0.122  0.05 0.072      (2), (3)  
Sunflower  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  32.379    32.379      (1) 
Total Sunflower         32.451   0.405  32.856    
Sweet corn  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  4.414    4.414      (1) 
Total Sweet corn         4.414    4.414    
Sweet potatoes  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  0.663    0.663      (1) 
Total Sweet potatoes         0.663   3.138  3.801    
Tangerines/mandarins/tangelos  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  16.417    16.417      (1), (5)  
Total 
Tangerines/mandarins/tangelos         16.417   6.467  22.884    
Total Taro           0.064  0.064    
Tobacco  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  61.954    61.954      (1) 
Total Tobacco         61.954   1.377  63.331     
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- 34 - Description of basic products  Reporting Year  Measure Types  Other 
product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
 
 
 
USD,  million  Other 
product 
specific 
support 
(with 
calculation 
details)  
 
USD,  million  Associated 
fees / 
levies  Total other 
product -
specific 
support 
(4+5 -6) 
 
 
 
USD,  million  Market price 
support 
(from ST 
DS:5)  
 
 
 
 
USD,  million  Non-
exempt 
direct 
payments 
(from ST 
DS:6)  
 
 
USD,  million  Total AMS  
(7+8+9)  
 
 
 
 
 
 
USD,  million  Data 
Sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  
Tomatoes  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  14.849    14.849      (1) 
Total Tomatoes         14.849   1.303  16.152    
Walnuts  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  3.977    3.977      (1) 
Total Walnuts         3.977    3.977    
Total Watermelon           0.507  0.507    
Wheat  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Commodity loan 
interest subsidy   2.12 0.68 1.44     (2), (3)  
Wheat  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 Crop insurance 
premium subsidy  567.059    567.059      (1) 
Total Wheat         568.499   35.284  603.783    
(1) Includes premium subsidies for all crop insurance policy types purchased by producers. Producers may choose one of the variou s types of crop yield or revenue 
insurance plans made available each year. The contracted -for insurance premiums are subsidized. The chosen guarantee (coverage) level commonly ranges from 50% to 
85% of the historical average yield or expected revenue. The 2014 Farm Act authorized two new crop insurance programs: the Su pplemental Coverage Option (SCO) 
and the  Stacked Income Protection Plan (STAX). Producers who did not elect to participate in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) prog ram are eligible to supplement 
crop yield or revenue insurance plans with SCO policies. SCO policy triggers are based on area (usu ally county) historical average county yield or expected area (usually 
county) revenue and may be purchased to cover from the coverage level of the underlying individual farm -level policy up to 86 % of historical average yield or expected 
revenue. Upland co tton producers are eligible to purchase STAX policies with or without underlying yield or revenue crop insurance policies. ST AX policies are also 'based 
on historical average area (usually county) yield and expected area (usually county) revenue. They may be purchased to cover from 70 % (or the underlying policy 
coverage level if there is one) up to 90 % 'of average historical area yield or expected area revenue.' The contracted -for insurance premiums for both SCO and STAX are 
subsidized.  
(2) Interest subsid ies constitute a benefit under the Marketing Assistance Loan Program. Subsidy includes differential between government and ma rket interest rates and 
interest waived for loans repaid below the loan rate or forfeited. Forfeiture benefits include both interes t waived and the difference between the original loan value and 
the value of the commodity at forfeiture (equivalent to marketing loan gain or loan deficiency payment value). Covered commod ities include corn, soybeans, wheat, rice 
(both medium and long -grain), upland cotton, barley, grain sorghum, oats, peanuts, oilseeds (which include canola, crambe, flaxseed, mustard seed, rap eseed, 
safflower, sesame seed, and sunflower seed), dry peas, honey, lentils, mohair, small and large chickpeas, and wool. Only com modities for which there were benefits in 
the reporting year are included in the notification, unless the commodity is included on the basis of other support.  
(3) Fees/levies include loan origination and related fees for most loan commodities.  
(4) Dry pe as crop insurance premium subsidy includes chickpeas and lentils, which are combined with dry peas for crop insurance.  
(5) Value of production for tangelos is no longer available, so tangelos are now included with mandarins and tangerines.  
General Notes:  
Public Law References: Public Law 113 -79, Agricultural Act of 2014 (2014 Farm Act) ( 7 February 2014).   
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
REPORTING PERIOD: MARKETING YEAR FROM 01 -09-2017 TO 31 -08-2018  
Non-Product -Specific AMS  
Measure Types  Reporting Year  Non-product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
 
USD,  million  Other non -product 
specific support 
(include calculation 
details)  
 
USD,  million  Associated 
fees / levies  
 
 
 
USD,  million  Total non -
product -specific 
support  
(3+4 -5) 
 
 
USD,  million  Data 
Sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7  
Irrigation on Bureau of Reclamation Projects in 
17 Western States  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18  109  109  (1) 
Net Federal budget outlays for grazing livestock 
on Federal Land  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 35.95    35.95   (2) 
Whole -Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP) 
(premium subsidies)  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 101.267    101.267   (3) 
Agriculture Risk Coverage, county -based (ARC -
CO) MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 1,054.306    1,054.306   (4) 
Price Loss Coverage (PLC)  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 2,040.625    2,040.625   (5) 
Agriculture Risk Coverage, individual farm (ARC -
IC) MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 22.298    22.298   (6) 
Agricultue Risk Coverage, county -based (ARC -
CO) pilot  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 4.702    4.702    
Farm storage facility loans  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18  7.564   7.564   (7) 
Biomass crop assistance program  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 0.722    0.722   (8) 
Rural Energy for America Program (formerly 
Renewable Energy Program)  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 64   64  (9) 
Reimbursement Transportation Cost Payment for 
Geographically Disadvantaged Farmers and 
Ranchers (RTCP)  MY 01-09-17 31-08-18 2   2  (10) 
TOTAL  3,442.434   
(1) Based on a "debt financing method." A long-term interest rate is applied to the outstanding unpaid balance of capital investment by the Government in irrigation facilities 
to obtain the subsidy. Irrigators repay the principal but not the interest on the pr oject debt.  
(2) The data are net budget outlays for livestock grazing on public range land in 16 Western States operated by the Forest Servic e (FS) and Bureau of Land 
Management  (BLM). The net budget outlays include (as negative outlays) the receipts for f ees paid by livestock producers, but do not include other "non -fee" costs paid 
by the producers, such as for building and maintaining water supplies and fences. Including the other non -fee costs could reduce the net outlay figure, perhaps to zero.   
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- 36 - (3) Whole-Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP) policies insure revenue of the entire farm rather than an individual crop by guaranteeing a pe rcentage of average gross farm 
revenue, including a small amount of livestock revenue. The policies use information from a produc er's Schedule F tax forms, and current year expected farm revenue, 
to calculate policy revenue guarantee. WFRP replaces the Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) and Adjusted Gross Revenue -Lite (AGR -Lite) pilot programs. Authorized by the 
2014 Farm Act (PL  113-79). 
(4) The 2014 Farm Act provided holders of historical base for covered commodities (wheat, feed grains, soybeans, peanuts, other o ilseeds, rice, and pulses) a one -time 
opportunity to elect one of three new programs: PLC, ARC -CO, or ARC -IC. ARC -CO and PLC c ould be elected separately for each historical commodity base on a farm. No 
production is required to receive ARC -CO or PLC payments. ARC -CO provides payments when county -level revenue for the covered commodity falls below the rolling 
average benchmark; PL C provides payments when the national average price for the covered commodity falls below the statutory reference price for t hat commodity. In 
both cases, payments, if triggered, are made on 85 % of base acres of the covered commodity. ARC -IC election autom atically covered all historical base on a farm. ARC -
IC provides payments when a farm's total revenue for all covered commodities on the farm falls below the farm's benchmark. Pa yments, if triggered, are made on 65 % 
of base acres on the farm. ARC -CO, PLC, a nd ARC -IC payments for crop year 2015 were made in fiscal year 2017.  
(5) The 2014 Farm Act provided holders of historical base for covered commodities (wheat, feed grains, soybeans, peanuts, other o ilseeds, rice, and pulses) a one -time 
opportunity to elect  one of three new programs: PLC, ARC -CO, or ARC -IC. ARC -CO and PLC could be elected separately for each historical commodity base on a farm. No 
production is required to receive ARC -CO or PLC payments. ARC -CO provides payments when county -level revenue for  the covered commodity falls below the rolling 
average benchmark; PLC provides payments when the national average price for the covered commodity falls below the statutory reference price for that commodity. In 
both cases, payments, if triggered, are made on 85 % of base acres of the covered commodity. ARC -IC election automatically covered all historical base on a farm. ARC -
IC provides payments when a farm's total revenue for all covered commodities on the farm falls below the farm's benchmark. Pa yments, if triggered, are made on 65 % 
of base acres on the farm. ARC -CO, PLC, and ARC -IC payments for crop year 2015 were made in fiscal year 2017.  
(6) The 2014 Farm Act provided holders of historical base for covered commodities (wheat, feed grains, soybeans, peanut s, other oilseeds, rice, and pulses) a one -time 
opportunity to elect one of three new programs: PLC, ARC -CO, or ARC -IC. ARC -CO and PLC could be elected separately for each historical commodity base on a farm. No 
production is required to receive ARC -CO or PLC payments. ARC -CO provides payments when county -level revenue for the covered commodity falls below the rolling 
average benchmark; PLC provides payments when the national average price for the covered commodity falls below the statutory reference price for that commodity. In 
both cases, payments, if triggered, are made on 85 % of base acres of the covered commodity. ARC -IC election automatically covered all historical base on a farm. ARC -
IC provides payments when a farm's total revenue for all covered com modities on the farm falls below the farm's benchmark. Payments, if triggered, are made on 65 % 
of base acres on the farm. ARC -CO, PLC, and ARC -IC payments for crop year 2015 were made in fiscal year 2017.  
(7) Provides low -cost financing for farmers to buil d or upgrade on -farm grain storage and handling facilities. The program is authorized under the Commodity Credit 
Corporation Charter Act of 1949. It was discontinued in the early 1980s and re-established  in FY2000.  
(8) Provides financial assistance to prod ucers or entities that deliver eligible biomass material to designated biomass conversion facilities for use as heat, power, biobased 
products or biofuels. Assistance is for costs of collection, harvest, storage and transportation associated with delivery of eligible materials. Reauthorized under the 2014 
Farm Act (PL 113 -79). 
(9) Provides direct loans, loan guarantees, and grants to farmers, ranchers, and small rural businesses to purchase renewable ene rgy systems and make energy efficiency 
improvements. R eauthorized under the 2014 Farm Act (PL 113 -79). 
(10) Provides payments to reimburse higher costs for transportation of agricultural inputs and commodities faced by geographically  disadvantaged producers in Hawaii, 
Alaska, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa , the Northern Mariana Islands, Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, Palau, and the US Virgin Islands. Authorized under the 
2008 Farm Act (P.L. 110 -246) and first implemented in 2010. Reauthorized under the 2014 Farm Act (PL 113 -79). 
General Notes:  
Public Law References: Public Law 107 -171, Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (13 May 2002).  
Public Law 110 -246, Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (18 June 2008).  
Public Law 113 -79, Agricultural Act of 2014 (2014 Farm Act) (7 Februar y 2014).  
 
 
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